The Union of Conscious and Subconscious

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The  Union  of  Conscious  and  Subconscious

Martin Cecil   February 22, 1981 

We are associated with something that is, in human terms, vast;

not very big in cosmic terms, mind you, but in human terms quite vast.

Holy, holy, holy. We assemble in the holy place. This is not a geographical position, although it may be so represented. We abide in the holy place. We don't stay just in one geographical position. Wherever we are is the holy place.  Human beings in general have forgotten this. They behave as though they were not in the holy place. Awakening to an awareness of the holy place in our own living, we keep that place holy where we are on earth.

It is because of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost that we may abide in the holy place. The Father is above all, the Son of the Father is the conscious mind, and the Holy Ghost of the Father is the subconscious mind. The heart is present with both conscious and subconscious minds, but to a greater extent in the subconscious mind because it is a larger place.

As the spirit of shame is dissolved in the subconscious mind, the barrier to the movement of the spirit of God is removed. The dissolution of the spirit of shame has been taking place on earth in the experience of many people. This has not been looked upon favorably by some. It seems as though there has been an increase in what might be called license. Nevertheless, through this process, even though it may have swung to an extreme, the barrier of shame has been falling away. Because of what has been happening, this barrier of shame has weakened and in some ways fallen away, so that the spirit of God might move more freely at that level. This has occurred for great numbers of people. The Word has been spoken on earth within the consciousness of mankind with an increasing sound, so that these things have been happening.

The conscious aspect of mind within the body of humanity has, as we are aware, begun to emerge in a way that allows the Son to become a reality. I suppose it could be said that there has always been a certain conscious aspect of the body of mankind—a certain level of the conscious mind has been present in the affairs of men, producing troubles of all sorts. But the Son has been absent.

Only in recent decades has there been a certain emergence of the Son into the experience of certain ones within the total consciousness of mankind. Because of this there has been somewhat increased direction given to what has been occurring on earth, particularly as this relates to the subconscious levels of the human race. Presumably we have all had some part in this. We have had little real awareness of the potency of what we ourselves say and do. It is very potent to the extent that we are assuming the position of the Son in the conscious mind of humanity. We may not entirely have realized that we were doing this. That is perhaps a good thing, because there would have been even more reluctance probably. But it has been happening; and the way things have gone in the world has followed out the direction that has been given through the Son, as well as the direction which continues to be given by reason of the son of perdition: the conscious aspect of the mind of man in its state of separation from God. There are two factors here. We have seen these two factors relative to the dispute over the body of mankind. All these things have been available to be understood by people. 

 

Here are the first five verses of the 60th chapter of Isaiah: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." Here we see a reference to the Son consciousness, the conscious mind of the body of the Son of God. "For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people…"

Here is reference to the realm of the Holy Ghost, or the subconscious aspect of the mind of the body of humanity. Two aspects: one conscious, one subconscious. There is nothing really wrong with the fact that the subconscious is dark; we do not need to judge in the matter. It may be that it is darker in humanity than it needs to be—they call it "gross" here—but it is all included in the consciousness of mankind, which is being restored to the consciousness of the Son of God on earth. It is all included in the creative cycle, the evolutionary process. If there is darkness, even gross darkness, it might be described as evol. We acknowledge the facts as they are; we don't try to pretend that they are some way they are not. From the divine standpoint facts are always faced, and there is no question that they can always be dealt with; and whatever needs to happen in the creative process will happen. We begin to share this outlook, so we are not scared by the darkness or the gross darkness. We know that the subconscious mind of mankind is necessary, just as our own individual subconscious minds are necessary.

"... but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee." Here reference is made, by using the word "thee," to the conscious mind of the body of the Son of God. As the barrier of shame is removed in the subconscious mind the Word can reach through the subconscious mind and rise up toward the conscious mind, bringing with it the material that is needful for whatever is occurring in the creative cycle. To the extent that this is happening there is the reality of the Holy Ghost. Coming down from the Father into the conscious mind is something that remains unknown until it begins to be clothed in form. Well the material for the form is rising up from below, and the design of the form is coming down from above. These positive and negative aspects of spirit meet at the level of the conscious mind. There is an arc, there is light: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come," on this basis, "and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." The Son is then a reality, and direction can be given to the creative process of the restoration; this is the concern at the moment.

The Son is a word which may represent what we have called the priesthood. As there is illumination at the level of the conscious mind there is understanding. There is a consequent awareness of what is happening, and the responsibility may be assumed to provide whatever direction is necessary so that the will of the Father coming down from above may be done under the direction of the Son by reason of the power of the Holy Ghost, by reason of what is rising up from below. "But the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee."

Here is the priesthood, the representatives of the conscious aspect of the mind of the body of the Son of God. As this occurs, it is suggested here, "Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side." Can we not lift up our eyes and see what is happening, clearly outlined here a long time ago?

"Then thou shalt see”—if you look—“and flow together”—unified radiation—“and thine heart shall fear”—not be afraid, but be in awe of what it is that is happening: how great is God Almighty; there is awe—“and be enlarged”—there is the necessity of encompassing more, isn't there?—“because the abundance of the sea”—that is, what is rising up to be made available out of the subconscious mind of humanity—“the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee”—shall be available for your use—“the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee." The means by which the power of the Holy Ghost is made known on earth rises up from the subconscious levels of the mind of the body of the Son of God on earth.

We see how essential all the aspects of this perfect design are; you can't leave anything out. In the development of what we have thought of as the Emissary ministry much has been excluded. Again I don't say this in condemnation; it was part of the creative cycle. The vision was restricted during the cycle of attraction leading toward union, and even when there was some measure of union the reality of unified radiation wasn't comprehended or allowed to be adequately experienced. Now it begins to come clear. Why is this? Presumably because there is increased light. And why is there increased light? Because of the current of the spirit operating through the two essential poles.

 

We can't, if we have a certain conscious understanding, pat ourselves on the back and say we have this understanding because we are special people. We have the understanding only when the essential facilities for the operation of the current begin to be in place. Then the positive pole from above and the negative pole from below complete the circuit, the arc jumps across, and there is light. Ah! Now we see a lot more than we saw before. But it didn't happen because we sweated and strained to make it happen, did it? nor because we are really such intelligent and spiritually vital people. I suppose it might be said it happened because we got caught in the squeeze, so to speak. We found ourselves at the level where this happens. Presumably there was some reason why we find ourselves there; it is not just by chance. However a clearer recognition cuts the human ego down to size and any lingering tendencies to arrogance can be dropped forthwith.

Our understanding, our ability to function as the priesthood in this conscious level of the mind that was in Christ Jesus, is made possible by reason of what has been rising up out of the realm of the Gentiles. All superior attitudes, then, toward these "heathen" can be relinquished. They are absolutely essential to our experience. Of course there has been consistently the availability of the positive aspect of this creative current coming down from the Father. We have been able to operate within the range of the working of the Law because we ourselves as individuals had subconscious minds and something could rise up on this basis, and we could see something because of this. We could share a greater understanding, so that we might be maneuvered into position collectively to provide the facility for the Son aspect of consciousness.

 

We can't say to ourselves, "I did it," or "We did it," but we do have some experience of coming into position: abiding in the holy place as the priesthood, who certainly are an essential factor in what is happening. But standing alone they would be useless, they would be nonexistent in fact, because this experience of the priesthood comes because of all the other things that are happening as well, and because the negative current has been released sufficiently at the subconscious level of the body of mankind to allow a rising up of the essential factor to complete the circuit.

We begin to be put together in the design which allows for the restoration of mankind. The human mind certainly didn't do it. The spirit of God gets the job done. The initiating point was a focus of the Word in form on earth. From that point of departure—which was preceded by a good many other things as well, mind you—over the last two thousand years there was set in motion what is occurring and has brought us presumably to the point where we lift up our eyes round about and see.

What we know, what we understand, is not going to be thrown out the window. We still know it, we still understand it; but we have a vision of wholeness which transcends the little petty state in which we may have existed before, a state in which we may have felt reasonably self-satisfied because we were identifying with the Word and we were expressing the Word and we were being fine people in our little areas of operation, but we didn't really know what was happening.

 

Now you begin to see what is happening, and that we are associated with something that is, in human terms, vast; not very big in cosmic terms, mind you, but in human terms quite vast. And there are those who have been doing their thing without knowing that they were doing their thing, spiritually speaking—something rising up in them, compelling them to come into position. That position is not separate from us, any more than the subconscious mind is separate from the conscious mind. They compose one entity: the mind that was in Christ Jesus; both aspects are essential.

There may be one in about a thousand—and that I think is a very high ratio—who actually is material capable of participating in the conscious aspect of the body of the Son of God. But most belong in this unconscious, subconscious aspect. Leave them there! There needs to be a rising up perhaps, a greater comprehension of what is happening in their own experience and on the larger scene. And this could be offered in a multitude of different ways, ways that are acceptable to the levels of consciousness of those concerned. The door can be opened.

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